I’m surprised noone made comment to the fact that the Golden Retriever wanted to get all frisky with Shinka. I.E. he thinks she’s one hot sexy ‘bitch’. (I like Shinka BTW, i just thought it was funny)

Kyoani does Fanservice the smart way. No need for silly dumb boob grabs and pantsu shots. Just a small tiny mole at the top of a sleeping girls cleavage. Much more subtle and erotic than forced pantsu poses.

It also seems fishy that their entire maternal family appears to willfully disacknowledge their existence for no apparent reason. Why were their paternal grandparents the only ones to volunteer caring for them?

13:10, There is a difference between not being capable to support them alone (and thus letting them live with other parts of the family) and completely disacknowledging them. I don’t think the latter is more common in Japan with any significance. What kind of experience are you speaking from? Have you worked in Japan? Did you get insight into family affairs of female Japanese coworkers or female Japanese singles with children?

Citation needed. No really, while I can see the various problems that would make it near impossible for a single mother in Japan to support two children, this claim seems a bit stretched.

My impression always was that it would be something in between Chuu2’s portrayal (children living with grandparents) and the typical western scenario (mother fully taking care of children herself). Like, letting them live with their grandparents while working in the city to provide some financial support, with frequent visits by both children and mother. As opposed to disappearing and completely ignoring the children’s existence as in the case of Chuu2.

She was dealing with the emotional stress of a dying spouse, hoping every single day for some miracle to erase the nightmare of her every waking hour. Add the shock of mortality to that and maybe she flipped out. That kinda stuff is hard.

…And we don’t know. All we know is that she’s been gone for 3 years. We have to wait to see if they’ll tell us.

true. It doesn’t help much when everything is displayed wrong online when you try to say a show is good. Worse so, if you convince anyone to give it a shot its just jarring. Different takes on the mood…